DIY: Glitter pumpkins

On a rainy day earlier this week, Harper and I got out the glitter and jazzed up some little pumpkins that we had just picked up. It was a fun and easy craft to do with her and we now have a super sparkly floor!

There are only a few materials needed: pumpkins (any size or shape), glue, glitter, paintbrushes and wax paper.

After spreading out the wax paper, start applying glue to half of your pumpkin. Only do half because your glue will dry and it will be much less messy.

 

Once you have painted half of your pumpkin with glue, start sprinkling with the glitter.

Allow the pumpkin to dry completely before repeating the process on the other side. 

After the pumpkin is completely glittered, let dry overnight before handling. 

 Enjoy! When I was teaching, I glittered a huge pumpkin with a jack o' lantern face for our fall carnival raffle. Harper is going to make one for her teachers at school for Halloween and we are keeping the rest on our table at home.

off we go!

We are hopping on a plane and heading to Seattle! Christopher's brother moved to the lovely city last fall and we are going for a short vacation. Since we are flying, I put this little suitcase together for Harper's entertainment. I thought she might enjoy having her very own suitcase to carry as she seems to really mimic everything we are doing right now. Flying with squirmy toddlers can be tricky, so I tried to gather a few things that would keep her attention for a while. Hopefully these goodies (mostly some of her favorite little things) will keep her happy as well as our fellow passengers.

I've numbered them (although after I did, thought, well, duh it's pretty obvious)!

1. crayons and scrap paper
2. raspberry fruit strip
3. happy tot fruit puree
4. her favorite glasses
5. a new tiger we got at the zoo yesterday
6. light up shark
7. elmo book - she adores elmo!
8. necklace - cause she's the bead lady
9. watch - and she loves to dress up
10. bracelet
11. clicker - this is the only noise maker which might be confiscated before the flight takes off
12. piggy
13. stickers - girlfriend loves her stickers!
14. busy town book - has tons of little details to point out

*not included in picture that i added later - toy car, blankie, and her favorite bunny that won't fit in this tiny little suitcase. 

diy photo wall

hey there, friends! my smarty pants husband had the clever idea of making a photo wall on one of our blank walls and i thought i would share how we did it. we ordered all 8x10 prints from here when they were half price. (you can do any size or shape though!) the great thing about hanging photos like this is that they are super easy to change out!

hope you like it!